Solbakken øvre-Lia-Høiby
Solbakken øvre-Lia-Høiby (Malvik) had 726 residents on 1 January 2026. 16% of residents were 67 or over, against 14% across the municipality, and 20% were under 16. From the area’s service centre, 49 everyday shops and services are within a 15-minute walk. The population has grown by 2.3% since 2018.
Sources: Statistics Norway (SSB), StatBank (CC BY 4.0) · © Norwegian Mapping Authority, basic statistical units (CC BY 4.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
People.
Age on 1 January 2026, next to the figure for Malvik.
Population on 1 January
Basic statistical units (grunnkretser) are Statistics Norway’s smallest fixed areas. They usually follow housing estates, parts of towns and rural communities and have a few hundred residents. Income, house prices and education are not published for them; figures for the whole municipality are shown below.
Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), StatBank (CC BY 4.0)
The whole municipality.
Figures for Malvik as a whole.
Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), StatBank (CC BY 4.0)
Everyday life.
49 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk; 20% green space within 500 metres.
Services and green space are measured from each area’s service centre: the point inside it with the most shops and services within 500 metres. District, municipal and county figures are averages weighted by population.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Within one kilometre.
The neighbourhood in figures.
Solbakken øvre-Lia-Høiby and the nearest neighbourhoods in Malvik, side by side. Colour shows where each sits among the others in the table.
| Neighbourhood | Residents | 67+ | Under 16 | Per km² | Green 500 m | Services 15 min |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakken | 198 | 23% | 17% | 4 | 78% | 2 |
| Bjørnmyra - Svehøgda | 797 | 3% | 22% | 1,853 | 60% | 10 |
| Bjørnstad-Bostad | 260 | 12% | 22% | 27 | 80% | 1 |
| Forbord-Engan | 283 | 15% | 20% | 26 | 81% | 0 |
| Grønberg nord | 509 | 14% | 19% | 1,060 | 41% | 8 |
| Grønberg syd | 306 | 7% | 20% | 502 | 17% | 24 |
| Herjuan-Sjøvold | 126 | 10% | 16% | 13 | 61% | 0 |
| Hommelvik vest | 757 | 17% | 21% | 823 | 20% | 46 |
| Solbakken øvre-Lia-Høiby | 726 | 16% | 20% | 504 | 20% | 49 |
Sources: Statistics Norway (SSB), StatBank (CC BY 4.0) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
More neighbourhoods in Malvik.